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GEORGE senses, or PH-ILADELrHIA- PENNSYLVANIA.

' 2 i .Leners Palmiro, 63,106, pitted March 1'9, 18er.

IMPROVEMENT Innmniunsss ilge .tlgemle referreh tu in tlg'e Enters utmt animating 'part uf tige same.

TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONCERN: l

Be. it known that I, GEORGE SELsolL-of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,havejinvented an Improvement in Hammers; and I do hereby declare the following to be la fully clear, and exact description of the' same, reference v h4 'nig had-to ihe accompanying drawing, and to theiletters of reference marked thereon.

- My invention consists of theveornbinntion, substantially :is described hereafter, of'claws with the pane" of Q a hammer-head, so that the latter can be used for performing duties-to accomplish which ha-s heretofore required two-separate hammers. My. invention further consists cfa groove-formed in the pane ot' the head, beneath the claws, for the reception of a naihwhich can. be driv-len to its place without the usual manual'adjustment. In order to enable others skilled in the art to. make and use my invention, I will nowjproceed' to describe l its construction and operation, reference being had' tothe accompanyingdrawing which forms a part of this specification,- .and in whichL-i i I l Figure 1 represents a side view of a hammer-head withmy improvements. Figure 2, a plan view. -1

Figure 3, a longitudinal section; and V 'Figures Iand 5, views of theheads of ordinary hammers.-

A isl the head of my improved hammer, and Bmthehandle, the latter beingseoured -tol-{the-i'ormer bywany et' the means heretofore employed for the same purpose.- On one end of the head' is formed the usual poll" .and at thc opposite end, the pane b, above which are the claws'e, there being between the pane and the claws a space, m, (iig. 1,) sufiiciently large to .admit thehead of an ordinary nail. Theheads of common hammers have usually been made either in the manner illustrated in fig. 4, or that showny in fig. 5, the former being an ordinary claw hammer,- and the latter a riveting hammer. The two"styl'es are combined in my improved `hammer, which, as will be readily seen, can be usedeithcr as a carpentershnmmer for driving or drawing nails, and other purposes, or for any of the duties for which a' riveting .hammer is required. In the upper. surface of the pane" d, and below the claws c, is. cut a groove,l fr, in which can 'resta nail, asl shown in fig.' 3, the head of )he nail being in contact with the end of thc necsssrnrbetween the claws andthe pane In manysinstances it becomes necessary 4for a carpenter .orl other operative to drive agnail ata point vii/Qlhere it cannot readily be reached to he adjusted and steadied by one hand while being 'driven by the hammer in the other hand; ,in s'uch case the nail may be placed in the groove A:i:,'as shown, and being maintained in a proper position laterally' by the groove, may be elevated with the hammer, and driven at any point within reach of the hammer's head.

I do not desire to confine myself to a "pane of. the form illustrated, as my invention may be applied to hammers having panes of different shape, but I .claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, substantially as described, of the claws c, with the pane" of ahammer for the purpose specified.

2. 'The groove n: in the pane, beneathl thevclnws, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specieation inthe presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE SEIJSQR. Witnesses. i

H. Howsox, WM. HALL WAXLER. 

